Good TV show episode

Rating: 8/10 (3 January 2006)

For me this was one of the most overrated movies I've seen in a while. I'd heard good things about it and gave it a go. I thought the first half was great but once they started the road trip to Manchester it lost all of its momentum. Some of the "surprises" in the plot were telegraphed as well - especially Frank's death and the phoniness of the broadcast from Manchester. The part with the soldiers would have made a really good episode of a TV show based on this story and characters. Whenever the "ordinary guy defeats a whole heap of trained soldiers" rubbish is rolled out I have to be skeptical. When this movie degenerated to that at the end I lost interest completely. The whole premise of rounding up the women struck me as stupid too and I expect a lot better from a writer as talented as Alex Garland. Overall I was hoping for more answers and resolution and instead got a well made TV show. Well-written and well-acted but still - a TV show.